Peanut Butter Filled Chocolate Chip Cookies

Last year I forgot to sign up for the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. I just totally missed the sign up deadline! I was so bummed. But I wasn’t about to let that happen again.

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, cookies are not typically my forte. They just don’t ever turn out like I want them, but these? I think it’s safe to say they’re the better of the cookies that I’ve made.

I’ve been dying to bake with Nestle’s new filled chocolate chips, so I finally bought a couple bags of the peanut butter filled baking morsels and decided this was the perfect opportunity to use them! You know, after I ate like half a bag. There’s also peanut butter in the actual cookie dough, as well as drizzled on top. The first time I made these cookies, I wasn’t thinking and mailed them before I took photos, so I made them again and decided to throw in the drizzle and some extra peanut butter morsels. I just couldn’t stop with the pb!

So, to Jenni, Melissa, and Meghan, I hope you enjoy the cookies and that they made it to y’all in one piece!

There was a slight mix up with my entry form, and I somehow ended up with SIX boxes of cookies. Six! Plus remaking my own cookies, and some cookies I got for this Insomnia Cookies giveaway. At one point I just stared at them all on my kitchen table and was like, “Yep, I’m just going to eat cookies for forever.”

These were all so wonderful, and mix up or not, I’m so glad I received each one of them! They were delicious and I had to share them with anyone I could so I wouldn’t eat them all. Thank you to each one of you!

In the bowl of a stand mixer, or a large bowl with a hand-held electric mixer, beat butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Add peanut butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Mixed until combined and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs and mix well.

Add half the flour mixture and mix until incorporated. Repeat with the second half of the flour. Add the peanut butter filled chocolate chips.

Cover and place the cookie dough in the refrigerator for about half an hour. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Scoop the cookie dough into balls and place on the prepared baking sheets about 1 inch apart. Bake for 11-12 minutes. Let the cookies cool for 5-10 minutes and repeat this process with the rest of the cookie dough.

If you'd like, you can also add peanut butter morsels and drizzle the cookies with melted peanut butter morsels after they've cooled.

Enjoy!

Notes

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I’m eating one of these cookies as I write this. It has just the right balance between chocolate and peanut butter which means the chocolate is just a little more noticeable. It is light, but packs a lot of flavor. The best cookie I have eaten during the holiday season (and I have had my fair share of cookies so far). 🙂

All the cookies you received look delicious, and I want to stuff my face with your chocolate PB ones! I’ve been wanting to try those filled Morsels too, I think I’ll need to grab a bag and whip these up. Pinned!

Oh man these look so good! I have done the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap every year until this year! I was so sad to see that I had missed the sign up deadline. I honestly don’t know what happened. You can bet I won’t miss it next year!

Wow, how did you get so lucky with six boxes of cookies! 🙂 They all look delicious and so do these peanut butter filled cookies. Chocolate and PB is the best combination. I wouldn’t be able to stop eating these!

In my humble opinion, the holy trinity of chocolate, peanut butter, and more chocolate tends to get unfairly overlooked during the holidays, so I’m glad to see you are working on this! Seriously, though, these sound great, and I’m so jealous of the lucky recipients of your boxes. Perhaps more jealous of you for receiving so many! I loved participating in the swap last year, and couldn’t this year, but am already excited for 2015’s swap 🙂